Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett – The Original Monster Mash (1962)
NOVELTY



The Halloween novelty album that started it all? Not quite … while “Monster Mash” is by far the most popular Halloween novelty song of all time, there were several albums in the same … er … vein that came out sooner – and were (IMHO) better. Still, you can’t deny the effect this album had on both novelty and Halloween music....

Boris Karloff - Tales of the Frightened, Volumes 1 & 2 (1963)
GHOST STORIES




“The ominous voice, the rising suggestion of imminent doom, the haunting caress of terror, the suggestive hush of horror unfolding are all here in a veritable garden of evil.” So claims the cover of “Tales of the Frightened”, a 1963 album of Boris Karloff reading seven eerie...

There are only 99 days till Halloween (yay!), so I'm going to attempt to blog about Halloween Music every day until the big scary day finally arrives. I have no idea if anybody will read these blog entries, but it'll still be fun for me.

Note that I am not SHARING any of these albums, but whenever possible I will link to somebody else (probably Halloweiner) who is sharing them. Hopefully we can all get scared together!